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Planted (πεφυτευμενην). Perfect passive participle of φυτευω, to plant, an old verb, from φυτον, a plant, and that from φυω, to gr…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
This parable. See Barnes' notes on Matthew 13:3.
Vineyard. A place where vines were planted. It was not common to plant fig…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
A certain man had a fig tree.—The parable stands obviously in very close connection with the preceding teaching. The people had be…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
Church Fathers
ChurchFathers
Titus of Bostra: The Jews were boasting that while the eighteen had perished, they all remained unhurt. He therefore sets…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
Once more Jesus alludes to Mic 7 , this time to Mic 7:1, with its lament over unproductive fig trees. The symbolism applies to Israel (cf.[Referenc…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
He spoke also this parable. The substance of it is that many are endured for a time who deserve to be cut off, but they gain nothing by th…
John Gill
JohnGill
He spoke also this parable
That is, Jesus spoke, as the Persic version expresses it, that which follows; and at the …
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
This parable of the barren fig tree is intended to enforce the warning given just before: the barren tree, unless it brings forth fruit, will be cu…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson